Black & Gold

Outfit Details:
dress: Karen by Karen Kane(Similar)
bracelets: Lou lou & vintage
belt: Prairie Charms
tights: Nordstrom
boots:  Vince Camuto

As you all know I have to wear black a lot, so I try to find different ways to wear my black when not at work. This is an uber comfortable dress I got at Lord & Taylor and love the leather details on the shoulder. So not only can I wear this for work and stay warm in the cold weather, but I love wearing it as an everyday outfit.

In this instance I paired the dress with lots of chunky gold bracelets, a purple scarf and my fave new boots from Vince Camuto. I pulled on a pair of fishnet stockings to keep my legs a bit warm.

On the topic of fishnets: they are not always an easy accessory to pull off, since they are generally looked at as trashy. Personally I like fishnets and have since high school, I always try and find new ways to wear them so that they add to my outfit and don't distract. I have found that pairing them with tall boots and then keeping my dress on the modest side and not flaunting my tatas is a sure way to create a standout ensemble minus the trashiness.

How do you feel about fishnets? How do you jazz up your black clothing?

Baby It's Cold Outside

Outfit Details:
sweater: Hive & Honey via Piperlime (similar)
leggings: Simply Vera via Kohl's (similar)
boots: Vince Camuto
gloves: Target (similar)

I did this shoot about a week ago when we got some snow here in Virginia, and Phoebe got to wear one of her new jackets! She definitely does not like the snow, but we had to do a quick photo op because she is just so frickin' cute in her jacket.

This is the first time I have had a small dog and had never really understood why people dressed up their dogs. Granted I will never put her in crazy outfits, because I don't want her to hate me, but she does pull off a little jacket so well!

I am wearing a sweater I got from Piperlime, I love the Cobalt blue and it is extremely warm too. It doesn't add too much bulk to my figure either. I paired it with these heather gray leggings and of course my new favorite boots! Great outfit for romping in the snow with little Pheebs!

Does your dog like the snow or have to wear a jacket to stay warm?

The Gang's All Here

 

Outfit Details:

top: Express

leggings: BCBG MaxAzria

boots: Vince Camuto

I finally found my perfect tall boots!!! Thank you Vince Camuto for designing these beauts!

They are so comfortable and they actually come up to my knee (even above); technically they are over-the knee, but they are the perfect height that I have been searching for. It took one time of wearing them to break them in. They fit very well over leggings or skinny jeans. Here I paired them with some of their fellow neutral colors, black, white and gray. The only one missing is navy blue!

Have you found you perfect tall boots?

btw stay warm everyone!

Inspired by Dior

Outfit Details:

blazer: Philosophy by Republic Clothing via TJMaxx
top: Kohl's
jeans: Womens Ankle Rolled Boyfriend Jean Dark 

Expressgold rings: Leith Cutout Statement Rings (Set of 3) from Nordstrom

shoes: ShoeMint

lipstick: Dior 'Rouge Dior' Lipstick Iconic 999 

nails: Dior 'Vernis' Nail Enamel Red Royalty 999

When I saw the new ad for the Rouge Dior campaign I absolutely fell in love with it! Simple yet chic and Natalie Portman was of course perfect for this! As you all know I love Dior's 999 lipstick and I love the new formula even more! If you want to read more about it, check out my other post: New Exciting Products in Dior.

Seeing this ad truly got me wanting a pair of boyfriend jeans to add to my wardrobe. So when I decided to do a post inspired by their Dior Rouge campaign I started on my hunt for finding the perfect pair of boyfriend jeans! Here is the post I did earlier this week showing the options I found on my shopping trip: In Search of the Perfect Boyfriend Style Jeans. As you can see I chose to get the Express pair, they fit perfectly and were nice and flattering. It was between these and the Nordstrom pair, but trusty old Express Jeans won in the end. What do you guys think of my choice?

When in came to styling this outfit I decided not to stick to the exact styling of the shoot. I chose to keep things on the lighter end of the neutral palette; especially since I am always trying to bring more color or at least less black clothing into my everyday. I picked out a fresh white t-shirt and this khaki color "swazer" I got at T.J.Maxx. Both simple companions to my new Boyfriend Styled Jeans  from Express. As for the heels I kept the same style but chose these beauties I got from ShoeMint.

This is a great outfit for the beginning of fall by using fall styled pieces in summer colors. Today was not such a great day for it because the minute I stepped outside my body started pouring sweat, yet another mistake in thinking of the weather after I had already put the outfit together.